EAPIL blog

The fifth issue of IPRax (Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts) for 2026 was published on 1 September. The following advance abstracts have been kindly provided by the editor of the journal. B. Steinrötter, The UNIDROIT Conflict-of-Laws Rule on the Law of Crypto-Assets. A contribution to the classification of Principle 5 of the UNIDROIT Principles […]

September 2026 promises to be a busy month for the Court of Justice of the European Union. A series of significant judgments, Advocate General opinions, and a noteworthy arbitration-related hearing will address questions ranging from the scope of the Rome II Regulation and cross-border succession disputes to the interpretation of the European Small Claims Procedure, […]

In a decision of 14 July, the Swedish Supreme Court clarified whether standing to bring maintenance proceedings is governed by the law applicable to the maintenance obligation appointed by the 2007 Hague Protocol on the Law Applicable to Maintenance Obligations or by the law of the forum under the principle of lex for regit processum. […]

The Ravenna Summer School on Cross-Border Litigation (Università di Bologna) is organizing its III Reunion on 19-20 November 2026 in Bologna (Italy).  The program of the reunion will include two sessions dedicated to the presentations of young researchers:  Session I: Rules of cross-border jurisdiction in times of conflicts and growing unilateralism   Session II: Recognition and enforcement […]

The third issue of the Journal du droit international for 2026 has been released. It contains one article and several case notes relating to private international law issues. In their contribution, Gustavo Cerqueira (University of Nice) and Nicolas Nord (University of Strasbourg / CIEC) analyse the Brazilian draft general act on private international law (Commentaire […]

In the context of the annual meeting of the European Group of Private International Law (GEDIP), hosted this year by the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University, a half-day hybrid workshop titled The “Brussels Effect”: A Brussels I Regulation for the World?  will be held on 17 September 2026. Following the European Commission’s report on […]

The author of this post is Johan Tufte-Kristensen who is an Associate Professor of Private and Procedural Law at the University of Copenhagen. In a decision of 12 June 2026, the Danish Supreme Court ordered a Cypriot-registered company to provide security for costs in appeal proceedings in Denmark. The decision concerned a question of interest […]

Augustin Gridel (University of Nancy, France) has posted Registered Shares in Private International Law -A French and European Perspective on SSRN. The abstract reads: The private international law rules governing the ownership of shares have long rested on the modalities of their transfer, which afforded considerable significance to the form they take (registered or bearer). […]

The second edition of Conflict of Laws Within the UK by Kirsty J Hood, Senator, College of Justice, Scotland, has been published by Oxford University Press. The blurb reads: The operation of conflict of law rules within the UK has changed drastically since the first edition of Conflict of Laws Within the UK published in […]

The Faculty of Law at Lund University is inviting applications for one or two doctoral positions. The call is directed to four specific fields of law: fiscal law, private international law, constitutional law and procedural law. Of particular interest to the readers of this blog is, of course, the possibility to pursue a doctoral project […]

The Hague Academy of International Law Summer Course provides an opportunity each year to engage with some of the most significant questions currently shaping private international law, bringing together established scholars and emerging researchers from around the world. As part of the 2026 Session, noted on this blog, the editors of the EAPIL blog invited […]

This post was contributed by Dr. Ivo Hlaváček. The case law on cross-border portability of personal status has developed quickly. Coman, Pancharevo, K.S., Mirin and now Cupriak-Trojan share a structural feature that has drawn less attention than their outcomes. In each, the status was acquired while the Union citizen was genuinely residing in another Member […]

Alex Mills (University College London) has posted Private International Law and Property in Outer Space: ‘Finders, Keepers’ or ‘the Province of All Mankind’? on SSRN. The abstract reads: This chapter considers the possible role of private international law with respect to property in outer space, with a focus on space mining activities. The law which […]

Giesela Rühl (Humboldt University of Berlin) has posted Regulating Contracts across Borders: The Role of Private International Law on SSRN. The abstract reads: Private international law – or conflict of laws, as it is commonly referred to in the United States – deals with the co-existence of different legal systems and determines which state’s law applies […]

Private International Law and Children’s Rights Law by Tine Van Hof, Senior Researcher and Guest Lecturer at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing. The blurb reads: How do private international law and children’s rights law interact-and conflict-in international child abduction cases? This book examines the relationship between two legal fields […]

The author of this post is Johan Tufte-Kristensen who is an Associate Professor of Private and Procedural Law at the University of Copenhagen. In a decision of 8 May 2026, the Danish Supreme Court considered whether a child who had been wrongfully retained by his mother in Denmark should have been returned to the United […]

On 8 October 2026, the Colégio da Trindade of the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra will host the I Meeting of Private International Law Professors, entitled Recent Developments and Future Perspectives in Private International Law – A Reading from Portugal. As already noted on this blog in connection with the call for […]

The European Association of Private International Law has established a Working Group to prepare a position paper on draft UNIDROIT-ICC Principles and Model Clauses for International Investment Contracts. Olaf Meyer agreed to serve as chair. The goal of the Working Group is to respond to the private international law aspects of the project. The UNIDROIT/ICC […]

In April this year, the Oxford University Press published The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Private Law, edited by Douglas A Kysar and Ernest Lim. The Handbook provides a comprehensive and authoritative treatment of the intersection between climate change and private law in general, including private international law (PIL), bringing together contributions from leading […]

The Hague Academy of International Law has made known the programme of the summer course of Private International Law of 2027. The course will be opened by Pierre Mayer (Emeritus Professor at the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) with the inaugural lecture entitled Private International Law and Normative Competence of States. The general course, titled International […]